Mike Tolhurst 🐧🇲🇽🇺🇸🇨🇦🌐
@miketolhurst.bsky.social
Illini, market liberal, history nerd, penguin enthusiast
Most of use (wisely) do not have a direct linkage between our brain and twitter and can intercept the bad ideas before they leave our mouthes.
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Most of use (wisely) do not have a direct linkage between our brain and twitter and can intercept the bad ideas before they leave our mouthes.
I have read an enjoyed some Noah Smith pieces over the years but the need to aggressively churn out content for social to drive engagement is kind of rough. Most people's every fleeting thought are not, in fact, polished gems of wisdom.
December 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I have read an enjoyed some Noah Smith pieces over the years but the need to aggressively churn out content for social to drive engagement is kind of rough. Most people's every fleeting thought are not, in fact, polished gems of wisdom.
Russia is the only empire from WW1 that still, fundamentally, exists.
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Russia is the only empire from WW1 that still, fundamentally, exists.
Anti Churchill ism is another very specific and peculiarly Russian tell.
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Anti Churchill ism is another very specific and peculiarly Russian tell.
Or the leadership cadre for authoritarian consolidation - which is why making "defect from the leader" an easier choice is a good thing.
November 30, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Or the leadership cadre for authoritarian consolidation - which is why making "defect from the leader" an easier choice is a good thing.
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And that's where our focus is, not least on account of the ongoing crisis.
The editors of 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 live all over this country, from Brooklyn to the Bay Area, Portland to Austin, and Pittsburgh to Cleveland. We even have a guy in Springfield. 👋
And that's where our focus is, not least on account of the ongoing crisis.
The editors of 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 live all over this country, from Brooklyn to the Bay Area, Portland to Austin, and Pittsburgh to Cleveland. We even have a guy in Springfield. 👋
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November 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
📍 Account based in: United States (really!).
And that's where our focus is, not least on account of the ongoing crisis.
The editors of 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 live all over this country, from Brooklyn to the Bay Area, Portland to Austin, and Pittsburgh to Cleveland. We even have a guy in Springfield. 👋
And that's where our focus is, not least on account of the ongoing crisis.
The editors of 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 live all over this country, from Brooklyn to the Bay Area, Portland to Austin, and Pittsburgh to Cleveland. We even have a guy in Springfield. 👋
My sense is Maduro is widely (and deservedly) disliked in the region and by many in country - this seems likely to flip that around with nothing to show for it.
Sure if he decides to hop on a plane for a long vacation Moscow then this will seem genius. But there are many futures where it is not.
Sure if he decides to hop on a plane for a long vacation Moscow then this will seem genius. But there are many futures where it is not.
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My sense is Maduro is widely (and deservedly) disliked in the region and by many in country - this seems likely to flip that around with nothing to show for it.
Sure if he decides to hop on a plane for a long vacation Moscow then this will seem genius. But there are many futures where it is not.
Sure if he decides to hop on a plane for a long vacation Moscow then this will seem genius. But there are many futures where it is not.
I am not a Biden and Obama stan but uh, has Noah heard of Donald Trump? Or even Mitch Mcconnell? Like..J6 was a whole thing.
November 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I am not a Biden and Obama stan but uh, has Noah heard of Donald Trump? Or even Mitch Mcconnell? Like..J6 was a whole thing.
Yoram Hazony discussing this kind of feels like the guy in the hot dog suit meme.
November 24, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Yoram Hazony discussing this kind of feels like the guy in the hot dog suit meme.
I read somewhere the germans kept fiddling with their designs rather than just commiting to a basic template and focusing on process improvements to make the Panzer IV machine go "brrrrr"(versus the soviets and americans who did a version of that).
The difference in output is staggering.
The difference in output is staggering.
November 24, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I read somewhere the germans kept fiddling with their designs rather than just commiting to a basic template and focusing on process improvements to make the Panzer IV machine go "brrrrr"(versus the soviets and americans who did a version of that).
The difference in output is staggering.
The difference in output is staggering.
The british listened to the anti sherman propaganda i guess!
November 24, 2025 at 2:17 AM
The british listened to the anti sherman propaganda i guess!
Tried my best.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tried my best.
I imagine him making the statement with a giant rosary, backwards baseball cap, and a white sox jersey.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I imagine him making the statement with a giant rosary, backwards baseball cap, and a white sox jersey.
As someone who went to school in Illinois the idea of Chicago Pope doing 90s style PSAs seems cringe but in a *deeply nostalgic way* - all for it.
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
As someone who went to school in Illinois the idea of Chicago Pope doing 90s style PSAs seems cringe but in a *deeply nostalgic way* - all for it.
Wasnt the firefly upgunned version perfectly competitive and respectable? Shouldnt the Panzer IV and Stug III be the real comparison, not limited run prestige pieces like the Tiger?
November 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Wasnt the firefly upgunned version perfectly competitive and respectable? Shouldnt the Panzer IV and Stug III be the real comparison, not limited run prestige pieces like the Tiger?
I have heard folks say they want Trump to be like "their FDR" in terms of dominating and wielding the executive branch. (And the four term thing)
November 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I have heard folks say they want Trump to be like "their FDR" in terms of dominating and wielding the executive branch. (And the four term thing)
Right. Confused! I await groyper thoughts tomorrow!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Right. Confused! I await groyper thoughts tomorrow!
Are you and Beutler taking a week off on the podcast? (No worries if delayed - just noticed no new episode this week)
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Are you and Beutler taking a week off on the podcast? (No worries if delayed - just noticed no new episode this week)
This is pretty good snark and hope it is accurately interpreted as such (and not misconstrued as endorsement of the behavior in question)
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is pretty good snark and hope it is accurately interpreted as such (and not misconstrued as endorsement of the behavior in question)